Hello Bluebird Stamps - Party on the Farm - Design Challenge

 

Hi!  First of all I want to kick this off by briefly letting you know that full details for the latest Hello Bluebird Stamps challenge can be found on the Hello Bluebird blog.   You could end up being the randomly selected winner of a $50 gift certificate so do go and visit the blog and check out the inspiration cards from my fellow Design Team members.

This is the #hellobluebirdbirthdaychallenge and you must use that hashtag with your entry on Instagram so that HB can find your post.  Also, your account must be public to make your post discoverable. 

I have used the following products to make my inspiration card:-

Party On The Farm

Party On The Farm Die

Birthday Script (sentiment)

I ink blended the background using Distress Oxide Inks in  Spun Sugar and Tumbled Glass.  I stamped the sentiment in the corner using my Misti for a nice bold and crisp image and applied this panel to a white panel and then to the card base.

I stamped and coloured the cuties from Party On The Farm.  Here are my Copic marker combinations:-

Cow - E31, E41, R20, R00, R000

Lamb - W3, W2, W0, R000, R21, R20, R00

Chick - YR82, E30, Y00, YR07

Piglet - R21, R20, R00, R000, W3, W2, W1, W0

Green - YG41, G40

Blue - B00, B000

Yellow - YR82, E30, Y00

Pink - R21, R00

All images were die cut and applied with foam tape including the die cut picket fence in the background which I just added a little grey shadow to.  I used a white gel pen to highlight points and then I used a small stamping block and light grey ink and tuft of grass image from the stamp set and stamped in some subtle grass around the animals and put gel pen dots for flowers on top!

Best of luck with your entry and once again ALL details, dates and rules can be found on the Hello Bluebird blog.

Pathway and Party On The Farm

Welcome to my blog, my post today combines the Pathway and Party On The Farm stamps by Hello Bluebird Stamps and was coloured entirely with Copic markers (too many to list) in the no-line style.



The Pathway background scene stamp was stamped with Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink in Fog on to a panel of Copic friendly cardstock.  This ink is very pale and disappears when you colour, which I did Copic markers.  I dotted in some white flowers in the background bushes with a white gel pen and a few dots of white in the tufts of grass in the foreground too.



On more Copic friendly cardstock I stamped the cuties from Party On The Farm with the same ink and again Copic coloured, finishing with some highlighted points with the gel pen again.   The tree stump and birthday cake are from Moose and Friends.  All images were fussy cut and applied to the scene with dimensional foam tape.



I decided that no further embellishment was needed and resisted the temptation to have a small Happy Birthday sentiment on the front of the card, it is instead stamped inside which makes the scene on the front look like something from a children's storybook I think.

I really appreciate you stopping by to read my blog today - happy crafting!

Nicky x

Party On The Farm - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Hello!  Thank you for coming by the blog today to see my latest card for Hello Bluebird Stamps that uses the Party On the Farm and Farmland stamp sets.



This card features no-line Copic colouring for both the background image and the characters in the foreground.   To that end I stamped all images on to Copic friendly cardstock using the Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink in 'Fog'.   For the background panel I fussy cut along the horizon line and ink blended a panel which would be layered behind.  I Copic coloured the Farmland scene then adhered it to the sky background panel.



The sentiment from 'Besties' was stamped with Memento Ink in 'London Fog' and the panel set aside.  I coloured all of the farm animals in the no-line style, fussy cut and backed them with regular and thick dimensional foam tape and arranged and adhered them into the scene.

Finally, I used one of the outer skinny frames from any of the Hello Bluebird scene dies, die cutting it from sturdy 110lb white cover weight cardstock, backing it with foam tape and applying it to finish off the scene.  Card complete!   Happy crafting everyone.

Nicky x

Party On The Farm - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Hay there!  Pardon the pun but there's a 'Party On The Farm' and you are all invited.   Also used here is the new Farmland background stamp both by Hello Bluebird Stamps.



I'd recently sat down to do a whole bunch of colouring of this Party On the Farm stamp set and for this card I chose those images that I'd stamped in brown ink and Copic coloured.  Afterwards they were fussy cut.



I love to make cards with a limited colour palette and I wanted to create a simple look to set off the pastel colours and so I merely stamped the Farmland background with brown ink on to white cardstock.  This panel was applied to a sturdy white cardstock base and I framed out the scene with a simple skinny die cut frame from my stash using a pale pink cardstock.  This was backed with foam tape to pop it up a little.



The characters were all backed with foam tape, arranged and adhered and the card was finished by tucking in the stamped sentiment and adding a few sparkling clear sequins for a little twinkle.

I appreciate you stopping by my blog today, happy crafting!

Nicky x

Party On The Farm - Hello Bluebird Stamps

We're on Day 2 of Previews for the April 9th new release from Hello Bluebird Stamps.  Today I'm revealing 'Party On The Farm' with the new 'Farmland' background stamp.



This slimline card started with a panel of smooth cardstock that I stamped with the Farmland background scene stamp using grey ink.  I think brushed on Cracked Pistachio and Tattered Rose Distress Inks and applied the panel to the card base I'd prepared.

On Copic friendly cardstock I stamped my Party On The Farm cuties using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa.  I Copic coloured the images using about 50 different colours so please excuse me if I don't list them all lol.  I then fussy cut the images (dies are coming later), backed them with foam tape and applied the to the scene.



Points were highlighted with a white gel pen, the sentiment was stamped in my Misti and a few sparkling clear sequins finish out the scene.

If you find background stamps and all that colouring intimidating this is a good solution to just stamp in grey, brown or black, keep it neutral and then add some subtle colour over the top.  I've long used this method and return to it frequently.  You should try it!

Nicky x